Background
Fordham, Jefferson Barnes was born on July 8, 1905 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Christopher Columbus and Maggie Shepherd (Barnes) Fordham.
Fordham, Jefferson Barnes was born on July 8, 1905 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Christopher Columbus and Maggie Shepherd (Barnes) Fordham.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1926; A.M., Juris Doctor with honors, U. North Carolina, 1929; Doctor of Laws, University North Carolina, 1953; Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale, 1930; Doctor of Laws, Franklin and Marshall College, 1960; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Pennsylvania, 1970.
Sterling Research fellow, Yale Law School, 1929-1930;
member of law faculty, West Virginia University and faculty editor West Virginia Law Quarterly, 1930-1935;
special assistant to, United States Secretary Labor, 1935;
associate law firm, Reed, Hoyt & Washburn, New York City, 1935-1938;
review counsel, United States Public Works Administration, Washington, 1938-1939;
counsel, chief bond attorney, United States Public Works Administration, 1939-1940;
professor of law, Louisiana State University, 1940-1946;
professor of law, Vanderbilt University, 1946-1947;
dean, professor of law, Ohio State University, 1947-1952;
dean, professor of law, University Pennsylvania, 1952-1970;
university professor of law, University Pennsylvania, 1970-1972;
dean, professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-1994;
professor of law, University Utah, 1972-1994;
distinguished professor of law, University Utah, 1974-1994;
professor emeritus. Edward Douglass White lecturer Louisiana State University, 1954. Benjamin N. Cardozo lecturer Association Bar City New York, 1957.
William H. Leary lecturer U. Utah, 1971.
Member President's Advisory Panel on Conflicts of Interest and Ethics in Government,1961, Utah Constituional Revision Committee, until 1987. Co-chairman Utah Joint Legislation Committee on Energy Policy, 1976. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Member American Bar Association (chairman section municipal law 1949-1951, 1st chairman of the section individual rights and responsibilities 1966-1968), American Law Institute (council), Association American Law Schools (president 1970), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of Coif.
Married Rebecca Jane Norwood, September 6, 1930 (deceased 1962). Children: Robert, William. Married Rita Ennella, March 21, 1964.